Parish and Community Councils

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Parish and Community Councils

With 100 years' experience, Wicksteed have a well established reputation working with Town, Parish and Community Councils. We are able to create fun playgrounds for all ages of children, from design through to fitting.

Wicksteed has been manufacturing, supplying and installing playground, sports and fitness equipment for Town, Parish and Community Council playgrounds throughout the UK for almost 100 years.

We can design, manufacture and install a entire play area for our customers from scratch, or we can simply supply and install a single item of playground equipment or an area of safety surfacing.

We also offer a Playground Inspection, Risk Assessment and DDA audit service. Our ‘Guide to the Inspection and Maintenance of Playgrounds’ can be downloaded here, as well as Inspection Check Lists and an Inspection Request Form for your annual inspections – Playground Inspection & Maintenance

Our services include:

Creative Design

Our in-house design facility is the most advanced in the industry and we are able to provide virtual reality-style design presentations for local authority projects, together with animated presentations for certain projects.

Landscaping

Playground landscaping and the incorporation of natural features and planting is an important part of Wicksteed’s playground designs. Wicksteed’s own landscape designers – part of the 7-strong design team – will ensure that natural forms are incorporated into the play area design and existing ones are enhanced.

Public consultation

Wicksteed is keenly aware of the vital role public consultation plays when considering the design, landscaping and installation of a new play area. Finding out exactly what the local community wants and expects from play provision is fundamental to creating the ideal playground. If the people for whom it is being provided are happy, the play area will be well used and appreciated. Therefore, engaging with the locals and encouraging direct involvement in the early stages of the project is of huge value.

To help customers with this all-important task, Wicksteed has a dedicated public consultation section on this website. This micro site can also be linked to customers’ own websites for joint participation. Each public consultation exercise and questionnaire can be individually drafted, making it completely unique to the individual project. The information can be collated and results accessed by participants and voting is possible online.

Quality of manufacture & guarantees

As Wicksteed manufactures its own equipment under its BS EN ISO 9001:2000 quality registration, the company is able to strictly monitor and control quality and costs, as well as giving our customers the ability to choose their own colour schemes and request adjustments to standard designs.

Project management

Wicksteed has 5 Contract Managers, headed by an Installation Manager. These personnel have all been fully trained in Health and Safety, CDM Regulations, etc. and will project manage all installations to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Customer feedback

"We were delighted with the way that Wicksteed supported us from the moment we took them up on their free design consultation to making our vision a reality. The installation process was quick and simple and minimised the impact on the rest of the school and we were kept involved at every stage. We are delighted with the finished area and cannot recommend Wicksteed highly enough.”